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tie were extensively shown by Mr. Miller through- 

 out the middle west, gaming many friends for the 

 breed and resulting in important sales of breeding 

 cattle for the foundation of new herds. 



Honors at Big Shows. At the Northern Ohio 

 Fair at Cleveland in 1876 the herd headed by Suc- 

 cess won first prize over all breeds. This was the 

 year of the Centennial Exposition at Fairmount 

 Park, Philadelphia, Pa. Although Mr. Miller 

 could not hope to win enough to pay his expenses, 

 so determined was he that no good opportunity to 

 exploit the breed should be lost, that at a cost to 

 himself of some $2,000 he sent his herd, with Suc- 

 cess at the head to this the first world's fair to be 

 held in the United States. The cattle were much 

 admired, and their class was judged by Hon. 

 Thomas Duckham of England. A bronze medal 

 but no money was presented by the Government 

 Commissioners to Mr. Miller for the excellence of 

 his exhibit. It was while at this exposition that the 

 show bull Illinois, by Success, was sold to Hon. John 

 Merryman. At the Illinois State Fair of 1877 Mr. 

 Miller sold Mr. C. M. Culbertson three calves, in- 

 cluding the heifers Sunrise and Sunset for $2,500. 

 At a later date he sold four heifers by Success to 

 Lucien Scott, Leaven worth, Kans., for $4,000. 



In 1878 T. L. Miller bought Sir Eichard 2d and 

 brought him to Beecher, 111. Success had beaten him 

 at the Philadelphia Centennial show, because he 

 was in much higher condition, but in the meantime 

 the older bull had demonstrated wonderful capacity 



